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Appiicaticn filed April so, 119m. Serial No. reason.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that .l, YUKICHI' NonA, citizen or the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of Californim' have inventednew and useful Improvements in Flower Stands, of which the i'ollowingis a specification.

This invention relates to a means for sup porting the stems of flowers and the like in a more or less upright or divergent position, and particularly to open or spread the stems so as'to admit water more freely, and thus extend the lite and freshness of out flowers, when exposed in a flower stand.

' The invention consists of a stand orbase having a great number of upwardly extend= ingpoints or pins, upon which the pulpy ends of the-stems of lilies or flowers are telescoped or impaled, thus expanding the stems for the free admission of water by which the life of out flowers used for ornamentation may be increased. This base is submerged in an exterior vase which contains water, the pins being preferably submerged so that the ends of the stems will be beneath the surface, and freely absorb the water.

These supporting pins also serve to spread heads may be widely separated and extended over a considerable space which will greatly increase their efl'ective display.

Theinvention will be further explained by I Y which I I n rial. llt s here scoped vertically or and thus I support the Fig. 1 shows the base in an inclosing'water receptacle and flowers s pported on the pins and spread out. I

Fig. 2 is a view of the base with its pins.

In theillustration, A is the base of the stand which may be ofany shape or mateshown inthe form of a short cylinder and is provided with a great number of u wardly projecting points or pins 2 close y disposed and pointed so that the lower ends of flower stems may be teleimpaled diagonally .upon the pins,

flowers. Many flowers such as lilies, have stems of considerable size,

and the interior of such stems are composed "of a' pulpy or foraminous substance through which water may percolate and ascend. When such flowers are displayed in devices 1n which the. stems or tubular holders, this pulpy interior is compressed and water is prevented from ascendlng which causes the flowers to wither and die. 2 In this device the base and points are submerged just beneath the surface of water which may be contained in an outer vase or holder 3 as shown. The stems may.

be telescoped vertically nally upon arate and loosen up the pulpy interior body so that it willadmit water more freely, to ascend the body olthe stem and ensure the freshness and longer life ofthe flowers.

Having thus described my invention, as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes might be made in the com,- bination, construction and arrangement of parts by those skilled in the art, without departing from claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire, to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A flower stand and support consisting of a base having upwardly projecting pins upon whlch the lower ends of the flower stems are impaled.

2. A flower supporting stand comprising a base member havin interspaced vertically disposed projecting plns secured in its upper face upon which the lower ends of the flower stems are adapted to be telescoped or ims or impaled diagoare inclosed in circular the pins and the pins will septhe spirit of the invention, as

paled and the interior body of the stem perforatedor separated, and a container or vase for the reception of water in which the base member. and pins and the lower ends of the flower stems are adapted to be submerged... Y

YUKICHI NOJDA. 

